Boundary walls, gate piers and monuments at the churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. A Various Boundary walls, gate piers.
Boundary walls, gate piers and monuments at the churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- burning-sentry-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Boundary walls, gate piers
- Period
- Various
- Address
- Boundary walls, gate piers and monuments at the churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Sutton Road, Great Bowden
- OS grid reference
- SP 745 888
- Coordinates
- 52.49252, -0.9027
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The boundary walls, gate piers, and monuments at the churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Great Bowden are of significant historical interest. The walls are primarily constructed of coursed stone, with some sections made of cob. The stone gate piers complement the structure. Within the churchyard, there are table tombs and tombstones dating from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, notable for their craftsmanship. The stone monuments feature high relief carvings, while the slate tombstones are finely engraved.
Local climate
Boundary walls, gate piers and monuments at the churchyard of the Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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